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Asian Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

Miss Wonton
  • Meng Ong
  • Singapore,United States
  • 2001
  • 88min

Ah Na is a young Chinese immigrant girl living in New York. She works illegally at a Chinese restaurant with the hopes of someday realizing an "American dream." In her unexpected v...

Asian Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

Monsoon Wedding
  • Mira Nair
  • India,United States
  • 2001
  • 104min

Delhi is a complex city, comprised of people and languages from various levels of society, yet it manages to balance the importance of the present and the traditional past. The mon...

Asian Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

Once upon a Time in India
  • Ashutosh Gowariker
  • India
  • 2001
  • 224min

A well-known fact: India was subjected to British rule beginning with the English victory in 1857. For many years, the British collected a tax called Lagaan from the Indians, claim...

Asian Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

Quitting
  • Zhang Yang
  • China
  • 2001
  • 118min

For Zhang Yang, family problems, specifically between a father and his son, are the central issue. The director has once again made a film about family problems - his last fi...

Asian Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

The Road
  • Darezhan Omirbaev
  • Kazakhstan,France
  • 2001
  • 85min

There′s a film director with a firm belief in the artistic value of movies. Due to the projectionist′s mistake during a film preview, a low-grade film is shown instead of the direc...

Asian Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

Secret Ballot
  • Babak Payami
  • Iran,Italy
  • 2001
  • 100min

Secret Ballot is a road movie-style satirical film attempting to examine an aspect of society through a balloting process. Set in a backcountry town of Iran, a female...

Korea Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

Warm Water under a Red Bridge
  • Imamura Shohei
  • Japan
  • 2001
  • 119min

Shohei Imamura′s preoccupation has always been the subject of what it means to be ′Human′ Although his characters may sometimes smell of filth, the point is that they always delve ...

Korea Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

Weekend Plot
  • Ming Zhang
  • China
  • 2001
  • 91min

Weekend Plot is the second feature film by Zhang Ming, who adopted modern methods in his last film In Expectation by developing penetrating psychologica...

Korea Premiere

A Window on Asian Cinema

What Time is It There?
  • Mingliang Tsai
  • Taiwan,France
  • 2001
  • 116min

Tsai Ming-Liang creates films that are the epitome of cinematic aestheticism in addition to being most memorable reports on isolation. The three protagonists, Hsiao Kang, Hsiao Kan...

Asian Premiere

New Currents

Blue Spring
  • Toshiaki TOYODA
  • Japan
  • 2001
  • 83min

Rebellion is one of the key elements of teen movies, and for teen movies set in classrooms, rebellion against the repressive educational system and conservative elders are two key ...

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Busan Office 3rd Floor, BIFF HILL, Busan Cinema Center, 120, Suyeonggangbyeon-daero, Haeundae-gu, Busan 48058, Korea
Seoul Office #1601, GARDEN TOWER, 84, Yulgok-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03131, Korea